contention
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From Middle English contencion, borrowed from Old French contencion, from Latin contentio, contentionem, from contendō (past participle contentus); equivalent to contend + -tion (similar formation to attention).
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contention (countable and uncountable, plural contentions)
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contention f (plural contentions)
Borrowed from Latin contentio, contentionem. Cf. the inherited form contençon, and see also tençon.
contention oblique singular, f (oblique plural contentions, nominative singular contention, nominative plural contentions)
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